the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20806073 and 20876147);the National Key Technology Research and Development Program(No.2007BAI34B06) for financial support
A series of(Z)-2-chloro-1,3-diarylpropen-1-ones were unexpectedly synthesized in moderate yields by treatment of easily available 2,3-epoxy-1,3-diarylpropan-1-ones with Vilsmeier reagent,which was derived from bis(...